Free Comic Book Day Vol 2020 (X-Men/Dark Ages)

Published	Released
September, 2020	July 15, 2020
Issue Details
	Rating T (13 and up) Original Price Free
"Free Comic Book Day"
	Writer Jonathan Hickman; Tini Howard; Penciler Pepe Larraz; Inker Pepe Larraz; Colourist Marte Gracia; Letterer Clayton Cowles; Editor Jordan D. White; Annalise Bissa;
"Dark Ages"
	Writer Tom Taylor; Penciler Iban Coello; Inker Iban Coello; Colourist Brian Reber; Letterer Joe Sabino; Editor Tom Brevoort; Martin Biro; Alanna Smith;

This place is the light of all universes... yet I am blinded by darkness. Some clouding of tomorrow by the fire and ash of war... the spoils of the split land and conflict that lies between them. I am blind, but I would see... so let's see what the future holds... Shall we?

-- Omniversal Majestrix Opal Luna Saturnyne

Appearing in "Free Comic Book Day"

Featured Characters:

Omniversal Majestrix Opal Luna Saturnyne

Supporting Characters:

Unnamed quartet (First appearance)
- Temple (First appearance) (Unnamed)
- Sinner Rose (First appearance) (Unnamed)
- Ryl (First appearance) (Unnamed)
- Quaddeus Quo (First appearance)
White Priestesses

Other Characters:

High Summoner of Arakko (Drawing)
• --|A|-- • (En Sabah Nur) (Drawing)
First Horsemen of Apocalypse (Drawing)
- War (Drawing)
- Famine (Drawing)
- Death (Drawing)
- Pestilence (Drawing)
Banshee (Sean Cassidy) (Drawing)
Beast (Dr. Hank McCoy) (Drawing)
Rictor (Julio Richter) (Drawing)
Archangel (Warren Worthington III) (Drawing)
Glob Herman (Robert Herman) (Drawing)
Trinary (Drawing)
Polaris (Lorna Dane) (Drawing)
Havok (Alex Summers) (Drawing)
Genesis (First appearance; drawing) (Unnamed)
Annihilation (First appearance; drawing) (Unnamed)
Gorgon (Tomi Shishido) (Drawing) (Shadow only)
Cable (Nathan Summers) (Drawing)
Storm (Ororo Munroe) (Drawing) (Shadow only)
Cypher (Doug Ramsey) (Merged with Warlock in drawing) (Shadow only)
Magneto (Erik Lehnsherr) (Drawing) (Shadow only)
Wolverine (Logan) (Drawing)
Captain Britain (Brian Braddock) (Drawing) (Shadow only)
Magik (Illyana Rasputina) (Drawing)
Captain Britain (Betsy Braddock) (Drawing)

Races and Species:

Humans
Faeries (Vision)
Mutants (Drawing)
Krakoas (Drawing)
Technarchy (Drawing)
Human-Otherworlder Hybrids (Drawing)

Locations:

Unidentified reality (Some forgotten place. Some forsaken time.) (First appearance)
- Unnamed star (Only appearance)^[1] (Destruction)
Otherworld
- Avalon
  - Starlight Citadel
Prime Marvel Universe (Drawing)
- Earth (Drawing)
  - Pacific Ocean (Drawing)
    - Krakoa (Drawing)
      - Arak Coral (Drawing)
        Eternal Caldera (Drawing) (Unnamed)
        External Gate (First appearance; drawing) (Unnamed)

Items:

X-Uniforms (Drawing)
Banshee's Wings (Drawing)
Havok's Suit (Drawing)
Grasscutter (Drawing)
Godkiller (Drawing)
Light of Galador (Drawing)
Transmode Virus (Drawing)
The Scarab (Drawing)
Magneto's Helmet (Drawing) (Shadow only)
Wolverine's Suit (Drawing)
Muramasa Blade (Drawing)
Sword of Might (Drawing) (Shadow only)
Soulsword (Drawing)
Captain Britain's Uniform (Drawing)

Events:

X of Swords (Drawing)

Synopsis for "Free Comic Book Day"

Synopsis not yet written.

Appearing in "Dark Ages"

Featured Characters:

Iron Man (Tony Stark) (First appearance) (Apparent death)

Supporting Characters:

Pepper Potts (First appearance)
Friday (Only appearance; dies)^[1]
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (First appearance)

Other Characters:

Galactus (Mentioned)
Avengers (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

Humans (First appearance)

Locations:

Unidentified reality (First appearance)
- Earth (First appearance)
  - United States of America (First appearance)
    - New York (First appearance)
      - New York City (First appearance)
        Manhattan (First appearance)
        Greenwich Village (First appearance)
        Washington Square Park (First appearance)
        Stark Unlimited HQ (First appearance)

Items:

Iron Man Armor Model 29 (Extremis Armor) (First appearance)
Captain America's Uniform (First appearance)

Vehicles:

Unnamed airplane (Only appearance)^[1] (Destruction)

Synopsis for "Dark Ages"

Synopsis not yet written.

Solicit Synopsis

FCBD is headlined by a brand new X-Men story by Jonathan Hickman and Pepe Larraz that will lead into a game-changing summer for all of X! Plus: a secret second story foreshadowing an upcoming epic tale by Tom Taylor and Iban Coello.

Notes

Following the cancellation of Free Comic Book Day 2020, which would have fallen on May 2, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this issue and Free Comic Book Day (Vol. 2020) #Spider-Man/Venom were resolicited for July as part of Marvel Comics' publishing program "Back in Action."^[2]